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Change is a constant in the business world. New business units. International growth. Acquisitions. For an organisation's software solutions to keep up, it needs to be flexible and robust enough to adapt as a company evolves. When choosing an expense management solution, how can organisations ensure that it will be able to adapt to the changing tides?

We’re proud to support our 800+ customers in their goal of controlling employee expense costs and streamlining invoice and expense approvals. However, we’re particularly excited that an ever-growing number of global technology leaders have chosen Chrome River as their expense management technology provider. Here are seven of the reasons they trust Chrome River.

Navigating change is critical to the successful adoption of a new software solution. However many organisations stumble as they attempt to reap the benefits of a new solution because they get stuck during the changeover to a new offering. Here's how Chrome River enables our customers to avoid this.

One of the biggest benefits that an expense management solution can deliver is automated enforcement of an organisation's expense policy and approval processes. However, not all expense solutions have the capability or flexibility to support the requirements of complex global organisations.

Nixon Peabody, LLP is a Global 100 law firm with more than 700 attorneys across the U.S., Europe and Asia. In this guest post, Karen Keegan, Nixon Peabody’s assistant controller, discusses how to the firm let business flow by effectively managing technology change.

Schiff Hardin LLP is a national general practice law firm serving corporate clients, with more than 300 attorneys practicing out of six offices across the U.S. In this guest post, Melody Ragan, Controller/Financial Manager at Schiff Hardin discusses how the firm lets business flow by leveraging Chrome River’s business rules engine to streamline expense submission and approval.

Spokane, Washington-based liberal arts college, Whitworth University, chose Chrome River to streamline expense management for its travelling faculty and staff. Carolina León, Business Analyst, Finance and Administration at Whitworth University explains how the university lets business flow with a smooth implementation and an agile approach to providing the best solution for its team.

What are the innovations that global organisations can expect to see in expense management technology in the coming months and years? Learn from experts at analyst firm IDC and Chrome River what to look out for.

Our choice of Chrome River EXPENSE was made in part due to the very user-friendly interface, easy configurability, and the clear commitment to impactful customer service – all aspects in which Chrome River was the clear winner. While Chrome River is not as large as some of the other vendors we considered, we found that to be a benefit and our due diligence showed that it could support us as well as any large players in the space, along with a personalized level of customer care. Sally Abella, Director of Corporate Travel Harman International

We are excited to be able to enforce much more stringent compliance to our expense guidelines and significantly enhance our expense reporting and analytics. By automating these processes, we will be able to free up AP time formerly spent on manual administrative tasks, and enhance the role by being much more strategic.
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